IGII2 3381 Honours for Hadrian

Honours for Hadrian

IG II² 3381 Date: 117-138

Saviour and founder, Emperor Hadrian (5) Olympios

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IG II² 3381 (Translated text) (PHI)

Højte, Statue Bases 234

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Base?, Altar?

Inscription type: Statue base?, Dedication (public)?

Findspot: Athens, Olympieion or Katholikon? (Lost)

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[1] This inscription is known only from K. S. Pittakis L’ancienne Athènes 1835 p. 179 and 492, who describes it as a pedestal and reports seeing it both at the Temple of Olympian Zeus and in the Katholikon church (modern Plateia Dimopratiriou near Hadrian's Library). If this is not simply a mistake, it may be that the inscription was moved from one location to the other or that there were two identical inscriptions (G. Malouchou, Ἀρχεῖον τῶν Μνημείων τῶν Ἀθηνῶν καὶ τῆς Ἀττικῆς 3, 1998, 90 and 114). If the text is accurately recorded, it appears to be a statue base for the Emperor Hadrian (r. 117-138 AD). However, the absence of a dedicator is unusual and the phrase "saviour and founder" is mainly associated with a set of altars for Hadrian, on which see Benjamin, Altars of Hadrian 7 with notes. If Pittakis’ transcription is slightly mistaken (giving accusative case for dative), then the inscription might be one of these altars. On Hadrian and his relationship with Athens, see IG II² 5185 with notes.

Added: 17 Aug 2024
Updated: 17 Aug 2024
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